World of Jim Crow T.J. Slade and Andrea Corliss
Subjects Voting Restrictions Resisting Discrimination Segregation Race Relations in the North
Voting Restrictions
100 What did you have to pay in order to vote in most southern states?
Poll Tax
200 Why were the laws that prevented many African Americans from voting legal?
Because they didn’t explicitly state that African Americans couldn’t vote.
300 What was the Grandfather Clause?
It was a law that only allowed you to vote if your family voted 3 generations back.
400 Where did the name Jim Crow come from?
The show called “Jump Jim Crow”
500 What 3 States hat the Poll Tax, Property Test, Grandfather Clause, and Literacy Test?
North Carolina, Louisiana and Alabama.
Segregation
100 Who did the laws affect?
Poor White Farmers, immigrants, and African Americans.
200 What was segregation used for?
To make it so that African Americans were treated as Second Class Citizens.
300 What does “de facto” mean?
The condition exists in fact but not in law.
400 Was there Segregation in the North?
Yes there was
500 Where an when did segregation first occur?
A railroad company segregated railroad cars in Massachusetts in the 1830’s
Race Relations in the North
100 Why were Whites afraid of African Americans moving to the North?
They were afraid of losing their jobs
200 Why did African Americans move north?
To escape Legal Segregation and Violence
300 What did the African Americans find in the North?
They found de facto dicrimination
400 Where did 2 major race riots occur?
New York City and Springfield Illinois
500 When did the Springfield, Illinois riot take place and how many African Americans die?
It took place in 1908 and two African Americans were killed
Resisting Discrimination
100 Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?
African American Leader
200 What groups built settlement houses for African Americans?
Church Groups
300 What did the National Urban League do?
It improved job opportunities and housing for blacks
400 What did outspoken African American leaders do in 1905?
They met and vowed never to accept inferiority
500 What is the NAACP?
National Associaton for the Advancement of Colored People
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